Homemade General Mask for Toning, Reviving and Nourishing the Skin

Recipe #1

Ingredients:
Sea salt.
Warm water.

Preparation:
Mix warm water with sea salt until it has the consistency of moist sand.

Sea salt has been noted as a 'remodelling massager'. It also contracts skin pores and gives you a radiant complexion and a lovely freshness.

Steam your face before applying the salt mask. Leave on for 15-20 minutes. Wash off with tepid water. Moisturize.

Recipe #2

Ingredients:
1 egg white.
1 tablespoon honey.

Preparation:
Beat the egg white till it is stiff, then add the honey. Blend well. Pat on face and neck and avoid the eye area.

Leave on for 10 minutes. Can you feel the tightening and drawing of the skin? Wash off with cold water. .

Excess mixture keeps well in the refrigerator for several days. All you have to do before re-using is to beat it for a minute.


Recipe #3

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons milk.
Juice of one lemon.
1 tablespoon brandy.

Preparation:
Mix well. Apply to face and neck with a swab of cotton wool. Leave on for 10-15 minutes and wash off with cool water.


Recipe #4

Ingredients:
1/2 cup powdered milk.
1 tablespoon warm water.
3/4 tablespoon milk.

Preparation:
Mix the ingredients into a soft paste.

Spread over face and neck. With a man's shaving brush, gently brush over your face until the skin seems blush-red.

Rinse off with warm water. Re-apply and leave on for 5-10 minutes. Rinse off first with warm and then with cool water.

Recipe #5

Ingredients:
1 egg yolk.
1 teaspoon milk.
1 tablespoon wheat germ.

Preparation:
Blend the three ingredients well into a soft paste that won't drip off your face.

Apply to face avoiding the eye area. Wash off after 10-15 minutes with cool water.

This mask feeds your skin protein (class A), all the vitamins except C, plus important minerals.

Recipe #6

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons ,oatmeal.
2 teaspoons rosewater.
1/2 -cup milk.

Preparation:
Mix the oatmeal and milk together. Heat over low flame to make a soft paste, add the rose water.

Apply to face and neck while the paste is still slightly warm. Leave on for 20 minutes. This mask does tremendous things for an aging and blotchy skin.

Recipe #7

Ingredients:
1 egg yolk.
1/2 teaspoon olive or corn oil.
A few drops mineral water.

Preparation:
Mix well. Apply to face and neck. Leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse off with cool water and then re-apply. Wash off after 5­7 minutes. This mask is especially effective for a parchment-like complexion that needs rejuvenation.


Recipe #7

Ingredients:
1 egg white.
2 tablespoons cream.

Preparation:
Mix the egg white and cream well to make a soft paste. Apply over face and neck. Leave on for 20-30 minutes. Wash off with tepid water.

This mask acts as a facial line - eraser.

Recipe #8

Ingredients:
1 teaspoon mentholated glycerine.
2 teaspoons oatmeal.
1 teaspoon Fuller's earth (Multani mitti).
1 teaspoon talc.
6 drops benzoin tincture.
4-6 teaspoons witch hazel.

Preparation:
Mix all the ingredients together with enough witch hazel to make an easily spreadable paste.

Apply to face and neck. Leave on for 30 minutes. Wipe off with a cold wet towel, or just simply wash off.

Recipe #9

Ingredients:
3 ounces ground barley.
1 ounce honey.
1 egg white.

Preparation:
Mix the barley and honey with enough egg white to make a soft paste.

Apply to face and neck. Leave on for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with cool water.

Recipe #10

Ingredients:
3 tablespoons poly-unsaturated oil (e.g. corn oil).
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar.
1 egg.

Preparation:
Blend the ingredients together. Pat on the face and neck with cotton wool.
Leave on for about 20 minutes. Then splash off with tepid water.

Homemade Anti-wrinkle Cream Recipes

Ingredients:


50 grams pure honey.
25 grams white wax.
50 grams crushed white lily.
50 grams onion juice.

Preparation and Usage:

Put all the ingredients into a non-metallic container and heat over a low flame.

Stir well until the wax melts. Let cool and blend well. Apply over face and neck, using upward strokes on the cheeks and neck.

Homemade Recipes for Your Complexion

Homemade Complexion Recipe #1

Ingredients:
1/2 cup lanolin.
1 cup chopped fresh lettuce.
2 drops of your favorite perfume.

Preparation:
Heat the lanolin in a glass bowl; put into a pan of very hot water until it liquefies completely.

Add the chopped lettuce leaves and continue to heat for a few minutes.

Remove from the pan of water and allow cooling while beating with a wooden spoon all the while.

Apply to face when cool Wash off after 10-15 minutes. Store the excess in a jar.

Lettuce is a good skin refiner. It also has nourishing and soothing qualities.

Homemade Complexion Recipe #2

Ingredients:
1 slice of fresh ripe papaya.

Preparation:
Mash the papaya well until it is reduced to a pulp.

Apply to face, avoiding the eye area leave it on for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with tepid water.

Use twice a week to start with. This makes your skin feel fresh and alive.

Papaya rejuvenates the fresh skin that lies concealed under the old.




Homemade Complexion Recipe #3

Ingredients:
1/2 cup fresh sun-ripened strawberries.
1 tablespoon oatmeal.

Preparation:
Crush the strawberries into a paste and mix with the oatmeal. Apply to face avoiding the eye area.

Wash off after 15-20 minutes.

Strawberries have long been used by women for radiant complexion.

Homemade Complexion Recipe #4

Ingredients:
4-6 tablets brewer's yeast.
1 tablespoon or more of distilled water. .

Preparation:
Crush the tablets and add enough water to make a soft paste that won't drip off your face.

Keep on for 15-20 minutes. Wash off with tepid water.

The yeast mask tightens skin pores and brings a fresh surge of blood to nourish the skin.

This mask is particularly good during the winter months when the cold has/whipped the skin dry.

Brewer's yeast is one of the greatest beauty foods. Packed with Vitamin B and protein, it should also be taken internally.